Important: Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.
Important: Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.
HEADLINES # 26 Pickers (and 1 Base Team) collected 61 sacks of litter,1 tyre, 2 hubcaps, and miscellaneous items # After sorting, 691 drinks cans, 509 plastic bottles, 142 glass bottles and jars, and assorted metal were recycled A foggy March morning which eventually cleared as we ended the Pick. Twenty six pickers allowed us to clear eight of the nine sub-divisions of the parish – hopefully the remaining one can be picked separately over the next week or so. In two hours we collected 61 sacks of litter, and a range of other things including two hub caps, one tyre, a tractor wheel inner-tube, a wide range of pieces of car bodywork, odds and ends of scrap metal, and miscellaneous other litter.
As ever, a substantial amount of litter came from food wrappings - the largest single amount was again from McDonalds – but we also had wrappers and cups/bottles from Burger King, KFC, Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi, Waitrose, Pepsi Cola, Costa Coffee, Greigs, Café Nero, and Marks & Spencer. After sorting as much as possible was recycled. From this Pick we recycled 691 drinks cans, 509 plastic bottles, 142 glass bottles and jars, and assorted metal. .
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Here at CleanupUK, we want to help you to take LitterAction! Wherever you live in the UK, forming your own community litter-picking group will help to keep your community safer, more friendly and free of litter. It’s lots of fun too. Why not muck in and join us?
